In fact, the vast majority of companies in Nest City did so shady dealings when they first started, with their hands stained with countless blood.
Why is that? The reason is simple. In this ghostly place, Nest City, if you don't adopt the mindset of "feeding your conscience to the dogs" when starting a business, the likely outco is losing everything.
Competitors will unhesitatingly devour your assets, peers will find every way to trip you up, and the tax departnt will hit you with a series of blows, often leaving you penniless while losing everything.
Only by being ruthless, only by abandoning all that responsibility and conscience, can one stand firmly in Nest City.
If you must ask... Are there truly kind-hearted businessn? Of course, but they are extrely rare, like looking for pure virgins in high-class establishnts, it's sowhat far-fetched.
Even Yun You's "Huangxing Group" was initially built by plundering Yang Lie's inheritance, right?
So, when Mokaka ntioned that the "Red Grand Rose" is their Hugo Clan's crest, and is related to her father's first fortune, Yun You sensed sothing was amiss.
Although Mokaka's personality appears decent, with a bit of knightly flair, to say that the Hugo Clan's wealth was earned solely with hard work, without any dirty secrets... Yun You certainly wouldn't believe it.
She tried using the reconnaissance chip to search a bit.
However, the information from over ten years ago was either too outdated... or deliberately erased, as Yun You couldn't find any clues at the mont.
After pondering for a bit, the young girl still pulled Mokaka to the side, and tentatively asked: "Little Mo, how exactly did your family earn their first fortune, and why is it related to the 'Red Grand Rose'?"
"This might relate to the truth of the case, so if you don't mind, could you tell privately..."
Upon hearing this, Mokaka was stunned, and the expression on the cat ear screen fluctuated several tis, finally settling into a confused icon.
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"Well... I really don't know."
After a long silence, Mokaka shook her head and whispered: "Dad never ntioned these things to , and I've never asked him either."
"However, my family has always been 'wealthy.' As far back as I can rember, we lived in the Upper City, and we had more than a dozen servants at ho. Later, after Dad went into business, we beca richer... but to , it just ant more servants and several tis the pocket money."
"Besides... why are you suddenly asking about this?"
Seeing Mokaka ask, Yun You didn't speak, she just silently pointed to the rose thorn-shaped wound on the corpse.
"Uh..."
Mokaka, being very clever, imdiately recognized the wound shape from rose thorns, and understood Yun You's implication.
"Are you saying, the murderer might be my father's enemy?"
Yun You nodded.
"But wouldn't such a judgnt be too arbitrary..."
Mokaka frowned and murmured: "Linking just the thorn-shaped wound to my dad and Hugo Pharmaceutical... I'm thinking, might this be a coincidence? After all, creating such a wound isn't very difficult."
"Indeed, it is."
Yun You nodded again, candidly saying: "According to Nest City's law, this isn't a valid thought process, since accusations require proof, right?"
"But I'm not adjudicating now. My sole purpose is to protect your life at all costs, this is my task. Therefore, I can only doubt everything that should be doubted and make inquiries based on suspicion."
"I hope you understand ."
Upon hearing this, Mokaka indeed had no reason to refute.
She turned around, speaking in a calm yet helpless tone: "Then... feel free to investigate."
"By the way, I plan to move the concert forward a bit, officially starting tomorrow. I'll write the song and lyrics tonight, rember to take a look."
After speaking, Mokaka left with her head lowered, her silhouette appearing sowhat desolate. It's unclear whether it's due to lanting a companion's death or pondering her father's secrets.
Although Yun You didn't directly reveal how dark the Hugo Clan's rise was, Mokaka apparently guessed this point, yet was unwilling to acknowledge it.
This is quite normal.
After all, in every child's heart, a loving father is like a pillar of strength.
They are majestic, strong, walking in the light, and though they may have so flaws, overall, they're undeniably righteous.
But now, Yun You suddenly suggests her father might not be clean, which is plainly hard for Mokaka to accept.
"Everyone disperse."
After Mokaka left, Tian En took charge.
This girl's prestige in the camp was indeed high; she could not only make the onlookers leave obediently but also command several rcenaries to clear the body and bloodstains to the mortuary.
Though the case currently lacks leads, the body truly can't stay in the camp, as it greatly affects morale.
Once everything was handled, Tian En walked over to Yun You and gently patted the young girl's shoulder.
"It's really hard on you, Wu Ming, having to toil so late into the night."
"Don't bla Lady Mokaka... Although she is the heiress of Hugo Pharmaceutical, she truly doesn't know anything about the company or her father."
"Their father-daughter relationship, of course, is impeccable, yet there exists so estrangent between them, so now they are basically in a 'you don't understand , I don't understand you' state."
"Asking her about dirt on Hugo Company and her father is indeed a bit beyond reach."
Hearing this, Yun You was slightly taken aback, but soon realized sothing, then she asked in a solemn tone: "So, you do know so insider secrets?"
"Secrets wouldn't be accurate, but they do count as insider information."
Tian En nodded, then signaled to the rcenary guards nearby to step back.
After everyone had left, she spoke again, explaining: "After all, I was once a mber of the Upper City aristocratic families and inevitably know things only nobles are aware of."
With that, she lowered her voice.
"I once heard the elders say that Lady Mokaka's Hugo Clan used to be a branch of another large family."
"Therefore, although the family wasn't lacking in stuff and could live in Nest City Upper City, it wasn't particularly wealthy."
"Except..."
"Over ten years ago, that large family suddenly declined, even dying out, so the branch Hugo Family was able to suddenly acquire a large sum of money..."
"And the first fortune of Lady Mokaka's father, Caliduo Hugo, ca from here."
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